We are getting closer to the release of This Kingdom and we are still very snowed in with the deadlines. Quick news and admin things: We are in the internet blackout for the next 2 weeks, while we work on the book and tour. Mod R will be taking the wheel. Our store is closing
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Art Reveal: Lord Doran Arvel
The tour of Kair Toren continues. Today we bring you a portrait of Doran Arvel, the head of the Arvel household and current Lord Commander of the Defender Order. Ahem. Let us brace ourselves. This one is amazing. All of Helena’s work is amazing, but this one is really amazing. Of all the Eight Families,
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Blankets and Life
I’m very tired of being Ilona Andrews, so today will be a no promo day. A while ago I started making crocheted plushies and bought a lot of yarn. In my defense, it was cheap and very soft. The plush making phase has now passed, so I was left with a large amount of yarn.
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Art, Owlcrate, and Other Things
Good morning. By now most of you probably have seen the Owlcrate edition announcement for the special edition of This Kingdom. For those of you who haven’t, here it is, I stole it for you from Instagram. If you are viewing this post through your email, here is a direct link. View this post on
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25 Minutes
That’s how much time I have for the blog post today. I have a fancy and semi-intelligent post in drafts about Fantasy genres and it need more braining than I have at the moment. So this is a rambling salad of randomness instead. On Monday we got a massive attack of Chinese IPs and the
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Solentine Dagarra, Handsome Devil
Solentine Dagarra. Bastard son of a hero margrave, secret head of the Shears, devoted older brother, cousin, and son. Urbane, charming, ruthless. Noble by day, assassin by night, effortless thirst trap on all occasions. Favorite quote: “Nothing is more annoying than a man who doesn’t have the decency to die after he’s murdered.” It is
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This Kingdom: Lots of Stuff, Read This
It’s Monday and I can’t think of a title, because Sookie Jean woke up at dark o’clock and then proceeded to wander about. I took her outside, thinking this was a bathroom emergency. Sookie walks very, very slowly now. She is of advanced age, and I have to hover in case she wipes out. She
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Can We Go To The Hireling Temple?
Mod R has been painstakingly gathering your This Kingdom questions and here are some non-answers. Will there be any art in the ebook? The official hardcover and ebook from Tor will have a black and white map. Is this art (Candice’s Landmarks and Leesha’s Sushi) in the hardcover? No. We have the hardcover, so we
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This Kingdom Has a Voice
And that voice is Kristen Sieh. Audiobooks are, by nature, transformative. It is very rare when the author and the audio performer’s vision perfectly aligns. When you listen to your own book on audio, there are always little things that jar you out of the experience. A line that is spoken with the wrong emphasis.
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This Kingdom Has Received a Librarian Award
The first installment of Maggie’s adventure is a Library Reads Hall of Fame book. Click here for shameless bragging. There are many awards a writer can get, but getting one from the librarians is special. We are very grateful. To celebrate, we bring you Hall of the Hireling, one of the temples from This Kingdom
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Clean Desk, Clean Shelves…
For some surprising reason, pictures of my cluttered desk and shelf generated a lot of questions and excitement. The desk is now clean. In order of appearance, left to right People asked about the keyboard. It’s a custom keyboard that I built for myself. Keyboards are our main tool of trade, so we invest in
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Cats, Books, and Chaos
I don’t do well in chaos. My workspace is relatively organized, my clothes are usually folded and put away, and my house is clean. Not holiday clean, but if unexpected visitors showed up, I wouldn’t be embarassed. And then comes the last third of the book. I have this little yarn corner by my side
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